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PAUL NARKIEWICZ

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Music Instructor

Saratoga High School
08.2022 - 05.2025
  • Enhanced student performance by developing individualized lesson plans tailored to their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Fostered inviting and comfortable learning environments for students to promote enthusiasm for percussion instruments and commitment to practicing.
  • Worked with class sizes ranging from 15-60 students
  • Developed strong relationships with parents, providing consistent feedback on student progress and areas for improvement.
  • Tailored instructional materials according to specific learning needs, ensuring better comprehension of complex musical concepts.
  • Empowered students through goal-setting exercises that encouraged personal responsibility for their own musical development.

Shift Supervisor

Teaspoon
04.2021 - 05.2025
  • Trained 10+ new employees and delegated daily tasks and responsibilities.
  • Completed store opening and closing procedures and balanced tills.
  • Helped store management meet standards of service and quality in daily operations.
  • Managed cash handling procedures, maintaining accuracy in financial transactions and minimizing discrepancies in daily reconciliations.
  • Responded to and resolved customer questions and concerns.

Retail Associate

TJX Companies
12.2019 - 04.2021
  • Explain the use of products and aid customers when they have questions about merchandise.
  • Keep areas neat while working and return items to correct locations following demonstrations.
  • Design fixtures and display merchandise in ways to attract customers and to ensure the cleanliness of the store.
  • Suggest specific product purchases to meet customers' needs.

Music Arranger/Music Composer

Saratoga High School
11.2023 - Current
  • Arranged and composed music for competitive ensembles that performed throughout California.
  • Consulted with directors determine placement of musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.
  • Arranged pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • Collaborated with musicians to arrange and produce high-quality performances of compositions for competitive purposes.

Private Music Tutor

Self-employed
07.2019 - Current
  • Collaborate with students and parents to aid the student in his/her development.
  • Prepare lesson plans or learning modules for tutoring sessions according to students' needs and goals.
  • Provide feedback to students using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students.
  • Schedule tutoring appointments with students or their parents.
  • Travel to students' homes or schools to conduct tutoring sessions.
  • Research or recommend music repertoire, equipment, or other learning materials to complement tutoring.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
06-2027

High School Diploma -

Branham High School
San Jose, CA
08.2025

Associate of Arts - Psychology

De Anza College
Cupertino, CA
06-2025

Skills

  • Teaching and Training
  • Team Management
  • Customer Service
  • Lesson Planning
  • Curriculum Development
  • Learning Assessment

Timeline

Music Arranger/Music Composer

Saratoga High School
11.2023 - Current

Music Instructor

Saratoga High School
08.2022 - 05.2025

Shift Supervisor

Teaspoon
04.2021 - 05.2025

Retail Associate

TJX Companies
12.2019 - 04.2021

Private Music Tutor

Self-employed
07.2019 - Current

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

University of California, Irvine

High School Diploma -

Branham High School

Associate of Arts - Psychology

De Anza College
PAUL NARKIEWICZ